Niekerkshoop
Niekerkshoop is a town in Pixley ka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
Village and asbestos mining centre 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Griquatown and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Prieska. It was laid out on the farm Modderfontein in 1902 and has been administered by a village management board since 1904. Named after the owners of the farm, brothers named Van Niekerk.
References
- ^ "Main Place Niekerkshoop". Census 2011.
- ^ "Dictionary of Southern African Place Names (Public Domain)". Human Science Research Council. p. 337.
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